White Alley
The Weiße Gasse is a pedestrian zone in Dresden , which, with its numerous bars and restaurants, together with the adjacent alleys, forms the Weißes Gasse pub district .
description
The development on Weiße Gasse 1–8 was built in 1959/1960 by the architect Herbert Schneider in "traditional construction with sandstone plaster facades". The architects Herbert Terpitz and Gerhard Müller provided the designs . An “[i] ntimer urban space” is created by the pedestrian area between Wilsdruffer Straße and Kreuzstraße or by the five- and six-story residential buildings and one- and two-story shops. The bay window at the house at 6 Weisse Gasse with relief scenes from the life of Prince Putjatin was created by the sculptor Hermann Naumann . These representations consist of several bas-reliefs made of Cotta sandstone and are embedded in three bands arranged one above the other in the bay window.
The goose thief fountain with a bronze sculpture by Robert Diez , which originally stood on Ferdinandplatz, was set up on White Street after the Second World War .
The paths have been retained in the structure designed after the Second World War. For this purpose, separate fields were created with mosaic paving made of gray Lusatian granite with a red border. The main walking area is covered with heavy rectangular slabs made of the same stone. During this construction period, the sidewalk area of the Weißen Gasse is one of the most elaborate designs of its kind in Dresden city center.
At the eastern corner of Kreuzstraße there is a generously designed business space with an outer colonnade. These square columns consist of panel elements from Theuma fruit slate and have thus received a comprehensive sculptural design. Filigree motifs from natural life are incorporated into all surfaces. The peculiarity of this design is that a relief change (flat / raised areas) was worked on each column, which runs through some motifs. Not far from this row of columns, a bas-relief made of Cotta sandstone with similar natural motifs adorns the entrance to this residential building.
At building no. 5/7 there is a high and profiled sandstone portal made of Posta sandstone . The keystone, which is surrounded by fish motifs on both sides, commemorates the overcoming of war with the inscription "Every stone in the new city invisibly bears the letters: Peace". The glazed front door, located in an open anteroom, is decorated and protected with objectively kept ironwork. The facade facing the Weißen Gasse shows occasional neo-baroque window designs.
In the northern area of Weißen Gasse, an arcade crosses this traffic-free zone, which is already part of the pedestrian area of Wilsdruffer Straße. This arcade has a first floor in the form of a closed gallery and its flat roof is adorned by a historicizing sandstone balustrade.
Keystone on building no. 5/7
Bas-relief with turtles in the Theuma fruit slate
Bas-relief with peacock and snail in the Theuma fruit slate
Naturalistic motif composition in Elbe sandstone
literature
- Walter May, Werner Pampel and Hans Konrad: Architectural Guide GDR, Dresden District . VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1979. , p. 24.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter May, Werner Pampel and Hans Konrad, p. 24, no. 9.
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 57.4 " N , 13 ° 44 ′ 25.6" E